Talk:Macfie monoplane

Supporting material
I am loath to rate info boxes as supporting material unless of course they have an image in them. So I suspect this article will probable go no further for a long time, pity.Petebutt (talk) 18:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * What is meant by "supporting material" in the context of assessment? There are drawings and photos available for use, I believe. Thanks --TraceyR (talk) 21:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I hope that the new images are enough to qualify as supporting materials. Thanks for the nudge. --TraceyR (talk) 19:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Macfie, tanks, and the Landships Committee.
He wasn't a member of the Committee, and only attended the first meeting. He did draw up some plans for a tracked fighting vehicle, but they were not developed. However, he did play one important role; he persuaded some members of the Committee that any armoured vehicle should be based on caterpillar tracks, and not on wheels of large diameter. He was granted a cash award after the Great War, in recognition of his initial contribution, but his own designs had no influence on tank development. Hengistmate (talk) 09:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Nationality
Macfie was born in San Francisco, Nov 1881, and came to England to study in 1909. Although of Scottish descent, on a patent application of 1923 he describes himself as a citizen of the United States. Hengistmate (talk) 22:20, 4 October 2014 (UTC)